Bedcover-holding device



April 16, 1929. A MOELLER 1,709,275

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Patented Apr. 16, 1929.

UNITED STATES BENJAMIN A. MOELLER, OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

' BEDCQVER-HOLDING DEVICE.

Application filed DecemberlS, 1927. Serial No. 239,731.

My invention relates to bed cover holding devices of the'character embodied in my copending application, Serial'N umber 189,977, filed May 9, 1927.

It is a purpose of my present invent-ion to reduce the manufacturing costs, to simplify the structure and mode of application of the bed cover holding device, and to make provision for tucking in the covers at the sides of the bed. 7

I will describe only one form of bed cover holding device embodying my invention and will then point out the novel features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view showing in top plan one form of bed cover holding device embodying my invention and in applied position to a bed spring, the latter being shown in dash lines;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1 and showing the device in applied position to a mattress and the bed covering therefor;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged View showing one of the attaching. devicesfor the bed cover engaging member as applied;

' Fig. 4 is a view showing the attaching device in edge elevation and applied;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail perspective view of one of the clamps embodied in the attaching devices.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a bed cover engaging member designated generally at M and constructed of a single length of rigid material such as steel or the like and which is bent to form an elongated yoke corresponding in length to the width of the bed covering to which it is applied. This member comprises a rail 15 terminating at its ends in U-shaped portions 16 and terminal extensions 17, the portions and extensions being reversely disposed as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1.

For securing the member M to a bed spring, and in a maner to securely hold the bed cloth- 'ing against being pulled loose at the foot of the mattress, I provide a pair of attaching devices A and A, and each of which consists of a clamp 18shown in detail in Fig. 5 as consisting of a strap-of resilient metal bent to provide jaws 18 and 18 connected by a curved portion 18". Openings 18 are formed at corresponding points in the jaws 18 and 18 through which is extended a screw threaded bolt 19 having a squared head 20. In the applied position of the clamp, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, the curved portion 18 embraces the upper frame F of the bed spring, and with the bolt 19 extended through the jaws of the clamp and a nut 21 applied to the bolt, it will be clear that the clamp can be brought into secured gripping relation to thespring frame so as to lock the device agamst movement on the frame. The nut 21 constitutes a clamp actuating element for constricting the clamp into gripping engagement with the bed spring frame and in the present instance is in the form of a disk pro vided adjacent its perimeter with a circular series of perforations 22 designed for the purpose of receiving one of the extensions 17 of the member M and thereby connecting the member M to the attaching devices.

As shown in Fig. 4, the perimeter of each nut is knurled to facilitate manual rotation thereof, and a washer 21 is interposed between the clamp and the nut to insure ready rotation of the nut on the bolt. By reason of the annular series of perforations at least one opening is exposed above the frame F irrespective of the adjustment of the nutin order to permit insertion of the member extension 17 thereinto. The bolts 19 for the two devices are reversely threaded so that any pulling action exerted on the member M will tend to rotate the nuts upon the bolts in a direction to feed the nuts further onto their respective bolts so as to co-operate with the heads of the latter in constricting the clamps 18 on the bed spring frame.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the member M in applied positon to a double length blanket B, the rail 15 being extended through the folded end of the blanket so as to hold such end just beneath the foot end of the mattress. The entire member M is disposed between the mattress and the upper frame F so that the mattress serves to hold the member against upward movement on the nuts 21. lVith the extensions 17 projected through those openings of the nuts 21 disposed above the frame F, it will be clear that pulling of the blanket upwardly toward the head end of the mattress will be ineffective to disengage it from the member and, consequently, the blanket will beheld against pulling loose at the foot of the mattress. Any pulling action exerted on the member M in the direction of the foot of the mattress will tend to rotate the nuts 21 inwardly on the bolts 19 by reason of the reverse threading of the nuts, as described, thereby causing the nuts and heads of the bolts to cooperate in constricting the clamps on the bed s rin frame and thuscause the clamps to \3 v i more firmly grip the frame. Itwill thus be clear that the greater the tension imposed on the blanket the more firmly will the clamps grip the bed spring frame so as to insure that the clamps will remain secured in fixed positions on the frame. *When the blanket B is superimposed on or used as a closure or envelope for the other bed covering, it will be clear that the blanket will function to prevent the other covering from pulling loose at the foot of the mattress.

By reason of theli-shaped portion 16, no obstacles are presented at these points in relation to the mattress to prevent the bed covering from being tucked in at the sides of the bed, and, consequently, the covering may be tucked in in the usual manner.

Although I have herein shown and described only one form of bed cover holding device embodying my invention, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made herein without departig from the spirit of the invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim;

1. A bed cover holding device comprising abed cover engaging member, clamps attachable to the sides of a bed spring frame,

and adjustable members mounted on the clamps for securing the latter to saidframe and providingmeans for securing the ends of said member to said frame.

2. A bed cover holding device comprising a bed cover engaging member, clamps adapted to embrace a bed spring frame, bolts for securing the clamps in fixed position on the frame, and nuts threaded on the bolts and having openings receiving the ends of the member for securing the latter to the nuts.

3. A bed cover holding device comprising a bed cover engaging member, clamps adapted to embrace a bed spring frame, bolts extending through the clamps, disks threaded on the bolts having knurled perimeters and openings receiving the ends of the member for securing the latter to the nuts.

4:. A bed cover holding device as embodied in claim 3 wherein said bolts are reversely threaded for the purpose described.

5. A bed cover holding deviceias embodied in claim 3 wherein the opening of the disks are arranged in a circular series in the manner and for the purpose described.

6. A bed cover holding device comprising a bed cover engaging member adapted to extend across a bed substantially at one eXtremity thereof and means for attaching the memher to a bed spring frame, said member hav ing re-entrant bends at its ends to provide recesses into which the bed covers are adapted to be tucked at the sides of the bed.

7 A bed cover holding device comprising a bed cover engaging member including a rail inwardly bent U-shaped portions at the ends of the rail, inward extensions on the ends of said portions, a pair of attaching devices each including a clamp adapted to embrace a bed spring frame, a bolt extending through the clamp, and a disk-shaped nut on the bolt having an annularseries of openings adjacent its perimeter, said bolts and their nuts being reversely threaded and said openings receiving said extensions sothat any pull exerted on said member will tend to tighten the nuts on the bolts. y

8. A bed cover holding device comprising a bed cover engaging member, attaching devices capable of being secured to the sides of a'bed spring frame, means for'securing the attaching devices infixed positions on the bed spring frame, and means for so connecting said member to the last means that any pull exerted on the member will cause said last means to operate in more firmly securing the attaching devices to the bed spring frame.

9. A bed cover holding device comprising a bed cover engaging member, clamps attachable to the sides of a bed spring frame, means for securing the clamps in fixed positions on the bed spring frame, and means for so connecting said member to the last means that any pull exerted on saidmember will cause said last means to operate to more firmly secure the clamps to the bed spring frame.

10. A bed'cover holdin device comprising a bed cover engaging member, clamps capable of embracing the sides of a bed spring frame, threaded members extending through the clamps, and other members threaded on said members and co-operating with the latter in securing the clamps in fixed positions on the frame, and means for so connecting the bed cover engaging member to said other members that any pull exerted on the bed cover engaging member will tend to rotate said other members on the threaded members so as to co-act with the latter in more firmly securing the clamps to the frame.

'11. A bed cover holding device as embodied in claim 10 wherein said other members are in the form of substantially disk shaped nuts having a I plurality of circumferentially spaced openings through any of which a portion of the bed cover engaging member is capable of being extended to connect the latter to the nuts.

12. A bed cover engaging member, clamps capable of engaging the sides of the bed spring frame, threaded member carried by the clamps, and other members threaded on the last members and having means by which the ends of the bed cover engaging member are connected to said other members.

13. A bed cover engaging member, cla ups capable of engaging the sides of the bed spring frame. threaded members carried by the clamps, and other members threaded on the last members and co-acting With the latter to secure the clamps in fixed positions on the frame, said other members having means by which the bed cover engaging member is con nected thereto in such manner that any pull exerted by the bed cover engaging member will tend to more firmly secure the clamps to the frame.

14. A bed cover holding device comprising a bed cover engaging member clamps adapted to embrace a bed spring frame, bolts for securing the clamps in fixed position on the frame, and nuts threaded on the bolts and having means by which the member is capable of being connected to the nuts.

BENJAMIN A. MOELLER. 

